FILM2202 Lecture : Screenwriting.docx
11 Mar 2014
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The camera faces the front of a small boy, about five years old. He is alone, crouching near the dirt floor of an abandoned, ruined building in rural chechnya. The only source of practical light comes from the sun shining through the window. A gentle yet dramatic piano score begins to play in the background. Using a stick, the child intently scribes his chechen name in the sand suddenly, he hears gunshots and explosions near the abandoned house. The noise forces him to fall onto his side. Now we see the back of the child. He stands up warily, drops the stick, and begins to run in the direction away from the camera towards the back left corner of the frame fleeing the room. Guns and bombs continue to go off all around the building. The child enters from the bottom right corner of the frame, running at full speed down a flight of stairs.
